Commissioners of Appeal for Income Tax: re-appointment.

STATES OF JERSEY

COMMISSIONERS OF APPEAL FOR INCOME TAX: RE-APPOINTMENT

Lodged au Greffe on 13th March 2012 by the Minister for Treasury and Resources

STATES GREFFE

2012   Price code: B  P.25

PROPOSITION

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion

1. in accordance with Article 10 of the Income Tax (Jersey) Law 1961 to approve the re-appointment as Commissioners of Appeal for Income Tax the  following  persons  with  immediate  effect  and  for  a  term expiring on 1st July 2013 –

Mr. Philip J. Barber

Mr. Charles R. Blampied Ms. Jacqueline Collins Mr. Peter G. Farley

Mrs. Elizabeth Rees;

2. in accordance with Article 10 of the Income Tax (Jersey) Law 1961 to approve the re-appointment as Commissioners of Appeal for Income Tax the following persons from 16th June 2012 for a term of 3 years –

Mr. John F. Mills, C.B.E. Mr. Michael R. Lanyon.

MINISTER FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES

REPORT

The Commissioners of Appeal hear Appeals arising from decisions of the Comptroller of Income Tax.

Article 10 of the Income Tax (Jersey) Law 1961 requires that they be chosen from residents in the Island experienced in financial matters, who are not actively interested in any trade, business or profession carried out in the Island'.

The Jersey Appointments Commission has been made aware of the proposal to extend the terms of these Commissioners and has indicated that it is happy to support it.

Further details of the Commissioners are attached at the Appendix to this Report. Financial and manpower implications

There are no financial or manpower implications for the States arising from this proposition.

APPENDIX

Mr. Philip J. Barber

Mr. Barber retired as a Corporate Banking Manager of HSBC Bank in May 2003, after a career spanning more than 40 years with Midland Bank, then HSBC, in a number of areas of expertise and senior positions, both in Jersey and the U.K. Mr. Barber is the Honorary Treasurer of the local branch of the RNLI and has been Treasurer of the Royal Jersey Golf Club and the United Club amongst others.

Mr. Charles R. Blampied

Mr. Blampied is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and formerly a partner in Coopers and Lybrand, Jersey and a Director of Abacus Financial Services Limited  until  retirement  in  June  2002.  Mr. Blampied  is  currently  the  Honorary Treasurer of the Jersey Blind Society, St. John Ambulance, The Jersey Opera House Limited  (and  Director),  King  George's  Fund  for  Sailors  and  Gorey  Regatta Association.

Ms. Jacqueline Collins

Ms. Collins is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, and formerly a partner in Russell Limebeer and Director of Sierre Trust Company Limited until retiring in 2002. Ms. Collins is currently a Trustee of the Jersey Educational Trust and a member of the Social Security Advisory Council.

Mr. Peter G. Farley

Mr. Farley is a Fellow of the Charted Institute of Bankers, and retired as Managing Director of Royal Sun Alliance Trust (Jersey) Limited in December 1999 after nearly 40 years' experience in the offshore financial industry.

Mr. Farley  has  served  on  working  parties  for  the  Jersey  Financial  Services Commission, is currently a member of the States of Jersey Administrative Appeals Panel and has been a Commissioner of Appeal for Income Tax since 2001.

Mrs. Elizabeth Rees

Mrs. Rees held a senior human relations post in the U.K. retail industry and was Deputy  Chief  Executive  of  the  Distribution  Industry  Training  Board,  before establishing the business that became the largest private sector sub-contractor to the U.K.  Government  for  vocational  training.  She  has  served  on  the  Court  of  the University of Liverpool and as a regional judge for National Training Awards. In Jersey she has served as Chairman of the Jersey Training Agency, as a member of the States of Jersey Educational Audit Committee, is currently Vice-Chairman of the Jersey Appointments Commission and has been a Commissioner of Appeal for Income Tax since 1995.

Mr. John F. Mills, C.B.E.

Mr. Mills was educated at Highgate School and Oxford University, where he took first class honours in Modern History in 1971. After working at Oxford for a research degree he joined the U.K. Home Civil Service in 1974. In the 1980s he spent 4 years on secondment to the then Hong Kong Government, and a similar period as the U.K.'s lead official on international telecommunications policy. From 1989 until 1992 he was a  member  of  the  Prime  Minister's  Policy  Unit  at  10 Downing Street,  advising especially on education policy and on local government finance. He was Director of Consumer Affairs, Office of Fair Trading, from 1992 to 1995 and, having left the Civil Service, Chief Executive of Cornwall County Council from 1995 to 1999. In 1999 he moved to Jersey as Chief Executive of the then Policy and Resources Department and worked  in  this  role  until  2003.  From  2003  until  his  retirement  from  full-time employment  in  2007  he was  Director  of  Rural  Policy  at the  Department  for  the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in London, remaining, however, resident in Jersey. He now lives in St. Saviour .

He now has a range of non-executive public appointments. These include, in Jersey, as a member of the Jersey Financial Services Commission and of the Shadow Board for Harbours and Airport; and, in the U.K., as Vice-Chairman of the Port of London Authority. He has also been appointed by the States to 2 other honorary roles in Jersey: membership of the States Members' Remuneration Review Body and of the PECRS  Committee  of  Management.  In  2009  he  was  also  appointed  to  chair  the Committee  of  Inquiry  into  the  Reg's  Skips'  case.  Since  1999  he  has  also  been Chairman of the Governing body of Highgate School, London.

Mr. Michael R. Lanyon

Mr. Lanyon left Jersey in 1962 for the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and served in the British Army for 21 years. He returned to the Island in 1984 to take up the post of Director, Jersey Airport, retiring in 2006.

He is a member of the Institute of Directors and was a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (Jersey Branch Founding Chairman).